Resident Faculty

Academics residing and teaching at the Headquarters campus in Costa Rica.
Alphabetical order of the last name. Please click on the name for a complete CV.

• Amr Abdalla (Egypt)
  Vice Rector for Academic Affairs
  Ph.D., Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, Spring 2001. Master's Degree, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, Spring 1992. LL.B. in Law, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, Spring 1977
• Ameena Al Rasheed (Sudan)
  Assistant Professor. Department of Gender and Peace Education.
  
• Rolain Borel (Switzerland)
  Head of Department of Environment, Peace and Security
  Doctor of Technical Sciences, Forage Agronomy, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology; MSc, Livestock Production, Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Costa Rica; Agronomist, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.
  Disciplines: Environmental conflict resolution, and rural development
• Jan Breitling (Germany)
  Assistant Professor, Department of Environment, Peace and Security
  Jan is currently enrolled in a PhD in Education from the Universidad La Salle, San Jose, Costa Rica. He holds an MSc in Environmental Sciences from Wageningen University and Research Center, The Netherlands, and a BSc in Tropical Forestry from the Technological Institute of Costa Rica, Cartago, Costa Rica.
  Disciplines: Sustainable Development, Forest Conservation, Payments for Environmental Services
• Virginia Cawagas (The Philippines)
  Resident Associate Professor, Department of Gender and Peace Education
• Robert Fletcher (USA)
  Assistant Professor. Department of Environment, Peace and Security
  
• Victoria Fontan (France)
  Director for Academic Development, and Assistant Professor, International Peace Studies Programme, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies
  PhD, MA, Peace and Development Studies, University of Limerick, Eire. Disciplines: political science, post-conflict rehabilitation, media studies.
• Mahmoud Hamid (Sudan)
  Assistant Professor, Department of Environment, Peace and Security
  Ph.D., Institute of Social Studies, The Netherlands, 2007. EPU Certificate for Advanced International Study Programme in Peace and Conflict Transformation, European University Centre for Peace Studies (EPU), Austria, 1997. MA Politics of Alternative Development Strategies, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1996. M.Sc. Political Science, Graduate College, University of Khartoum, 1995. B.Sc. (Honours) Department of Political Science, Faculty of Economic and Social Studies, University of Khartoum, 1988.
• Verónica Hilillo (Spain)
  RMSED Instructor. Office of the Vice Rector
• Mihir Kanade (India)
  Director of the UPEACE Human Rights Centre.
• Tony Karbo
  Programme Officer, UPEACE Africa Programme
• Thomas Klompmaker (The Netherlands)
  Project Coordinator
  Office of the Vice Rector for Academic Affairs (VRA)
  Msc Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands), MA International Peace Studies, University for Peace (Costa Rica)
• Balázs Áron Kovács (Hungary)
  Instructor, Department of Pace and Conflict Studies
  
• Mohit Mukherje (India)
  Director of the UPEACE Centre for Executive and Professional Education.
• Christer Persson(Sweden)
  Head of Department for International Law and Human Rights, Master of Laws, University of Lund, and Special advisor to the Rector.
• Nabil Ramirez (The Philippines)
  Instructor. Department of Peace and Conflict Studies
• Natalia Riveros (Colombia)
  Deputy Head, Instructor, Department of International Law and Human Rights. M.A International Law and the Settlement of Disputes (University for Peace), M.A International Relations ( International University of Japan)
• Dina Rodríguez (Perú)
  Head of Department of Gender and Peace Education
  MA in Education, University of Texas, at Austin, USA; BA in Mathematics, Alverno College, Milwaukee, USA; BA in Teaching, National University of Education, Peru. Disciplines: Human Rights Education, Gender Studies, Education for Peace.
• Nika Salvetti (Italy)
  Coordinator of the RMSED ProgrammeMsc in Post-war reconstruction, graduated with distinction in 1999, University of York (UK). Bsc in Economics, graduated Cum Laude, 1992, University La Sapienza of Rome (Italy). Technical Diploma in accounting and foreign Languages, gruaduated in 1986, (Italy).
• Alvaro Sierra (Colombia)
  Associate Professor. Department of Peace and Conflict Studies
• Toh Swee-Hin (Australia and Canada)
  Distinguished Professor and long-term Consultant, Office of the Vice-Rector, University for Peace.
• Victor Valle (El Salvador)
  Dean for Latin America and the Caribbean Programme, and Head of Department of Peace and Conflict Studies
  Doctor of Education, The George Washington University, USA; Master of Education, University of Pittsburgh, USA; Undergraduate studies, Civil Engineering, University of El Salvador. Disciplines: Higher Education, Educational Development, Educational Management, Political Affairs, International Cooperation Management, Public Security, Human Security.

Affiliated Professors

• Jurgen Carls (Germany
• Jeffrey Davis (USA)
• Mary King (USA)
• Miriam Vilela (Brazil)
  Director, Earth Charter Center for Education for Sustainable Development at UPEACE.

Administrative Faculty

UPEACE faculty with administrative responsibilities
Alphabetical order of the last name. Please click on the name for a complete CV.

• Jean-Bosco Butera
  Director, UPEACE Africa Programme
• Flor Cubero (Costa Rica)
  Head Librarian
  PhD, Information Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada; MA, Library Sciences, University of Western Ontario, Canada; MA in Sociology, University of Costa Rica. Disciplines: Research Methods, Project Evaluation, Information Science, International Cooperation
• Narinder Kakar
  Director, UPEACE New York Office